With Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja, it will be the way to go," Gavaskar told NDTV. "The way they restricted New Zealand to 189 (in the first warm-up)... it allowed the batsmen to take their own time."

Regarding the Indian team that will play in the ICC Champions Trophy 2017, he felt that this team has an all-round strength. "With this bowling attack, you feel even if you're defending 150, you feel this bowling attack will help you defend that. Previously India always depended on the batsmen," he said.